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Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama

By BlancaH.

  • Nobel Peace Prize

    Nobel Peace Prize
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.received the Nobel Peace Prize

  • Selma Campaign

    Selma Campaign
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) begin a campaign in Selma, Alabama, where many African Americans cannot register to vote. King starts the Selma campaign with a gathering at Brown Chapel.

  • President Lyndon B. Johnson

    President Lyndon B. Johnson
    President Lyndon B. Johnson lists voting rights for all citizens as a priority of his administration.

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday
    The march from Selma to Montgomery begins, but state troopers and sheriffs stop the marchers with clubs and tear gas.

  • Second March

    Second March
    450 religious leaders join 2,000 African Americans for a second march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

  • Voting Rights Bill

    Voting Rights Bill
    President Johnson addresses a session of Congress to introduce the Voting Rights Bill.

  • Third March

    Third March
    With the National Guard protecting them, 3,200 marchers leave Selma for Montgomery.

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law